Mirth In Miniature; Or, Bursts of Merriment: Being a Collection of The Very Best Bon Mots, Witticisms, Smart Repartees, Bulls, and Laughable Anecdotes.

[Jestbook : Mirth : Provincial printing] ANON.

Published by Printed by and for Henry Mozley, Brook-Street, Derby, 1825

About this Item

Derby: Printed by and for Henry Mozley, Brook-Street; and sold by G. Cowie and Co., Poultry, London, 1825. 12mo. 180pp. With frontispiece of Bandy Legged Thomas, and title-page vignette. §Previously issued by the same publisher in 1817 (BL and Bodleian copies only), this second edition (same pagination) not in Copac and with one NUC location only (Harvard). Original pictorial paper boards, rubbed and soiled, top edge rough, others untrimmed, with recent paper spine and label. Original endpapers preserved, one inner hinge neatly strengthened with period paper. Text slightly yellowed with age. Paper loss to outer margin of A3, clear of text and perhaps a tear rather than a paper fault. The occasional other slight tear to a page edge here & there. Nineteenth century ownership stamp of one T. Illston to front free endpaper. A good, sound copy.

Seller Inventory # 300293

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mirth In Miniature; Or, Bursts of Merriment: Being a Collection of The Very Best Bon Mots, Witticisms, Smart Repartees, Bulls, and Laughable Anecdotes.
• Publisher: Printed by and for Henry Mozley, Brook-Street, Derby
• Publication Date: 1825
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Romantics and Romantic Era
  • Antiquarian